Saturday, December 28, 2013

Its mad crowds
everywhere. ,….. but before you read
something on the record attendance at Melbourne and something on a cinema (yes
Movie preview !!) read the post on
Kanithamethai Ramanujan movie : http://www.sampspeak.in/2013/12/ramanujan-romantic-on-mystic.html
– there is lot of rhetoric from the Congress' anti-corruption avatar, Congress
vice president Rahul Gandhi expressing
reservations on the manner in which the Maharashtra cabinet rejected the
Adarsh probe report. "I don't agree with the Maharashtra government's
rejection of the Adarsh probe report. Adarsh probe report should be
reconsidered," Gandhi said at a press conference in New Delhi which was
attended by all Congress-ruled chief ministers including Maharashtra Chief
Minister Prithviraj Chavan

And as AAP is preparing to
take oath of governance, comes the news that prices of compressed natural gas and piped natural
gas are rising in Delhi, while they are falling in Gujarat. CNG is auto fuel
and PNG is the cooking gas distributed through pipes. The development has the
potential to queer the pitch for a war of words between political parties at a
time when the newly formed Aam Aadmi Party, which had high energy and water
prices as the theme of its campaign, is about to take charge in Delhi. That
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is the main opposition party’s prime
ministerial candidate only adds more colour.

At Durban, the second day
began with grey skies and a persistent rain that wiped out the morning session
but when play began, more than three hours behind the scheduled start, it was
in blazing sunshine with the fans reaching for the sunblock. As we looked forward to dominance from
Indians and century by Murali Vijay, Steyn scripted something else. He rolled over the lower order to have a 6
for and had India reeling to 334 from
198 for 1….. despite Kohli and Rahane making some runs India folded suddenly
with ducks by Rohit Sharma and Jadeja who got out to Duminy….. Manjrekar was
part of a discussion on whether Dhawan is a wonder only on placid wickets
but……… what about the most talented Rohit Sharma ?

At the time of posting this,
England are 105 runs ahead after scoring only 255 in first essay……….. they
bowled well and should be blaming themselves for that last wicket partnership
which took Aussies from 164 to finish at 204.